Attachment 3 - Emeryville Green Monday ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 19-116
Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Establishing Green
Mondays Regarding Plant -Based Menus To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
WHEREAS, climate change continues to be a serious and significant issue with
potentially catastrophic global impacts; and
WHEREAS, the City's Climate Action Plan 2.0, adopted in 2016, sets goals for substantial
reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions both community -wide and within
municipal operations; and
WHEREAS, the City's Mitigation Action Plan for 2030, within the Climate Action Plan,
includes an objective to "reduce consumption -related emissions by encouraging
sustainable consumption and minimization of the carbon intensity of business supply
chains"; and
WHEREAS, The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that
the livestock sector contributes 14.5% of anthropogenic GHG emissions, more than the
entire transportation sector; and
WHEREAS, a recent study by Oxford University found that individuals who cut meat and
dairy products from their diet can reduce their carbon footprint by 73%, and other studies
have found that if a family ate a plant -based diet just one day a week, it would be the
equivalent of taking a car off the road for five weeks; and
WHEREAS, Green Monday US is a simple platform that equips organizations and
individuals to introduce and institutionalize environmentally -friendly, plant -based food
options one day per week; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville that the City of Emeryville
establishes Green Monday, wherein all City -managed programs will provide either a fully
plant -based food offering or an attractive plant -based alternative offering one day a week;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville that the City Council will
participate in the Green Monday program by procuring plant -based food for their
meetings.
AFCITY OF EMERYVILLE
Attachment 3
Resolution No. 19-116
Establishing Green Monday
City Council Meeting 1 July 23, 2019
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ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville at a regular meeting held
Tuesday, July 23, 2019, by the following vote:
Mayor Medina, Vice Mayor Patz, and Council Members Bauters,
AYES: 5 Donahue, and Martinez
NOES: 0
ABSTAIN: 0
ABSENT: 0
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
F CITY OF EMERYVILLE